The Healing Power of Extraordinary Hope By Rev. Ellen Quaadgras Westminster Unitarian Church November 11, 2020 To view video click on arrow.         Sermon: I was at a minister’s retreat recently where a colleague talked about something called liminal space. It’s a word ministers like to use about in between times. “Times … Continue reading Worship, Sunday November 1, 2020 – 10:00 AM The Healing Power of “Extra ordinary” Hope

Listening as “Holy Ground” in a time of Black Lives Matter By Rev. Ellen Quaadgras Westminster Unitarian Church October 18, 2020 Story: “Take Off Your Shoes” One of the greatest adventures stories of all time is a dramatic biblical escape story set over 3000 years ago. It’s called the Exodus and it ends with with … Continue reading Worship Sunday, October 18, 2020 10:00 AM – Listening as “Holy Ground” in a time of Black Lives Matter

Reading by Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, speaks to me. The summit of the mountain, the thunder of the sky, the rhythm of the sea, speaks to me. The strength of the fire, the taste of salmon, the trail of the … Continue reading Worship Sunday, October 11, 2020 10:00 AM – Listening to the Past – A Sermon on Indigenous People’s Day

Click image to view service video. First Reading: By Erika Hewitt This piece written by Rev Erika Hewitt and is from her book: “The Shared Pulpit” It’s a reader’s theater piece – imagining the thoughts of different people in a group invited to share deeply. I don’t have anything to say. Well, I do—but what … Continue reading Worship Sunday September 27, 2020 The Power of Listening

This Sunday we officially kicked off the 2020-2021 congregational year with our traditional Water Communion – a chance to formally acknowledge, even bless, this new year. This year is particularly poignant as we anticipate fresh challenges for families, teachers, students, and all whose lives are impacted by the pandemic. And it is particularly poignant as … Continue reading Worship Sunday September 13, 2020 10:00 AM – Water Communion Service – for All Ages

Cleaning House in Home or Heart By Rev Ellen Quaadgras Opening Words: In past years we didn’t always have a service on Labor Day Sunday, but lately we’ve been using this as an opportunity to offer a “best of” – a service that the Worship team particularly liked from the past year. This year, they … Continue reading Worship Sunday September 6, 2020 10:00 AM

Spiritual Practice – Body/Mind/Spirit In a world changing all around us, how do we stay the course, keep our center, keep our heads? Faith leaders have long pointed to spiritual practice as a way to foster compassion, deepen our relationship with ourselves, and support our relationships with each other. And spiritual practices ground us, so … Continue reading Worship Sunday July 19, 2020 – Service at 10:00 AM

A Compassionate Father’s Day Reading excerpt from The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston “When we are born, we have curses and gifts from our parents and ancestors [that] come from way back, and generation after generation, we work on them, with them. They are curses because there are terrible problems and hardships… the most … Continue reading Worship, Sunday June 21, 2020 Service at 10:00 AM – A Compassionate Father’s Day

Appreciation Sunday: The Journeys of Our Lives How do we equip ourselves for the journeys of our lives? Especially in times so full of change? Join us for this end-of-the-congregational-year, all-ages service in which we explore these questions. This service will include a celebration of our “bridging” youth. And it will also include a special … Continue reading Worship – Sunday, June 14, 2020 Service at 10:00 AM – Appreciation Sunday

Parker Palmer writes that “the human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace the questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings … and offer our attention rather than our opinions? And do we have enough resolve … to act courageously, relentlessly, … Continue reading Worship – Sunday, May 31, 2020 – 10:00 AM – Another World is Possible